Japan's National Police Agency has reprimanded the chief of the Kyoto prefectural police for power harassment and notified him that he will be removed from the post. The chief reportedly told people ...

Mario and Zelda creator Shigeru Miyamoto never expected the company to make the museum, since it has an ethos of letting its ...

KYOTO--This city of temples, shrines and Zen gardens is so swamped with tourists that authorities initiated a program ...

Arashiyama Bamboo Grove, one of Kyoto's iconic landscapes, offers a unique cycling experience. Riding through the dense ...

Nintendo's brand-spankin' new museum opened Wednesday (JST) near the company's headquarters in Kyoto, where it was founded ...

The Nintendo Museum opens in Kyoto, Japan, today. Mario and Zelda creator Shigeru Miyamoto never expected the company to make ...

A man charged with the 2019 fatal arson attack on a Kyoto Animation Co studio will contest his criminal liability and seek to overturn his death sentence at his appeal trial, after a lower court found ...

Japan’s sleek Shinkansen bullet trains zoomed onto the railway scene in the 1960s, shrinking travel times and inspiring a ...

We’ll start by immersing ourselves in Kyoto’s historic district, where ancient temples and shrines stand in serene harmony ...

Japan Airlines (JAL) is wooing foreign tourists to explore Japan by offering complimentary domestic flights. Announced on ...

If Kyoto is too crowded for you, avoid the tourists and head to this western prefecture in Japan, where you can sample fresh ...

Most tatami mats are a natural golden color, but those made by Mitsuru Yokoyama may be jade green, pink or even black.